Frederica Williams

President and Chief Executive Officer; Whittier Street Health Center

Frederica Williams is the president and CEO of the Whittier Street Health Center, and has more than 20 years of experience in community-based health care, international public health, strategic planning, revenue control, physician practice management, and health technology.

She currently serves on the Boards of Trustees for New England Eye Institute and Boston Health Net. Williams also serves on the Advisory Boards of the Joslin Diabetes African American Initiative, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Cancer Collaborative Dissemination Project, the Global Health/International Women’s Health Initiative, and the Center for Health Options and Innovative Community Empowerment.

Location:

Boston, MA

RESOURCES

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The Unseen Provider: Healthcare in Our Jails is a short documentary that explores the great potential health information exchange (HIE) presents to correctional institutions wanting to achieve continuity of care with community providers. It features Dr. Farzad Mostashari, former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Dr. Jeffery Brenner, Director and Founder of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers.

Issues with Electronic Health Records While COCHS has the perspective that the transparency of electronic health records (EHRs) can often be a human rights tool, especially in reference to injury reporting, it is apparent that there are multiple challenges with this technology. For more information on this matter please see this report from California Healthline.